Mark Morrison papers relating to Malaya, Sarawak and the New Hebrides, 194- to 1956

MLMSS 863

fonds

1940-1956

937166

Microfilm : CY 4249, frames 1-199

1 box of textual material - carbon typescript

Mark Morrison, 1897-1964? was an Australian lawyer who practiced in Malaya ca. 1928-1942, escaping just before the fall of Singapore, 1942. After the second World War he took up legal practice in Sarawak, and later served as judge in the New Hebrides

Series 01: Pacific War, the fall of Malaya and Morrison's activities after his escape, 1942-1948?
Item 1
A. 'Japanese Conquest of Malaya', by Mark Morrison. Carbon typescript, 1942

Item 2
B. Papers, 1942-1943, relating to Morrison's Japanese conquest of Malaya, attempts by Morrison, Richard Knox Hardwick and Max Bell to gain military employment as Pacific affairs specialists, with biographical details of each, and memoranda on jungle warfare by Hardwick, and possibly partly by Morrison

Series 02: Sarawak, 194- to 1955
Item 3
A. General information, 194- to ca. 1953
i. Paper on Sarawak mainly concerning administration and law, 194- to ca. 1953, by Mark Morrison. Carbon typescript, 195-

Item 4.
ii. Sarawak vital statistics, 1953. Extract from Sarawak Tribune, 7 November 1953. Carbon typescript with MS. annotations

Items 5-11
B. Papers connected with the cession of Sarawak to Great Britain, 1946-1949
Concern General Truman Magill Mac Bryan, 1920-1949, and his claims against British government on behalf of himself and the Sarawak State Trust Fund, 1946-1949

Items 12-16
C. Papers connected with Morrison's legal practice in Sarawak, 1948?-1955
Letters and petitions relating to the deportation of five Malays from Australia, 1948?, a proposed amendment to the Sarawak Criminal Procedure Code 1953?, grievances of the Sarwak trading community 1955, and the case of Tajah Maran, 1955. Carbon typescript.

Series 03: New Hebrides, 1906-1956
Items 17-26
Memoranda from Morrison mainly to the British Resident Commissioner related to various aspects of the constitution, law and administration of the New Hebrides, 1906-1956. Carbon typescript, 1956

Series 04: Extracts from Chinese authors, 19--. Carbon typescript
Item 27

Information transferred from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (8-219B) as part of the eRecords Project, 2010-2011

Keyword subject:
Law--Malaysia
World War, 1939-1945—Jungle warfare